The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that carries signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm and hand. These nerves can be damaged by being stretched, compressed or torn from the spinal ...

The brachial plexus refers to a network of nerves that start out in the neck and move through the upper limbs. This covers the shoulders, arms, elbows, forearms, wrist as well as the hand. All five of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Virtual rehabilitation with a hybrid assistive limb device after nerve transfer in patients with brachial plexus ...

Because many physicians are unaware of nerve transfer surgery, some patients suffer long-term impairment from nerve injuries that could have been fixed. A study in the August issue of the Journal of ...

13 young adults with tetraplegia are able to feed themselves, hold a drink, brush their teeth, and write as a result of a novel surgical technique which connects functioning nerves with injured nerves ...

A 64-year-old man was initially treated with adriamycin, carmustine, CY and melphalan for symptomatic multiple myeloma. Following a poor response the patient was switched to oral melphalan, which was ...

The concern with the cervical herniated disk and the popular whiplash injury as a source of pain in the upper extremity may exclude consideration of a more distal origin of such pain. It is the ...

Some patients suffer long-term impairment from nerve injuries that could have been fixed, because many physicians are unaware of nerve transfer surgery. A study in the August issue of the Journal of ...

This procedure works well to restore upper limb function in brachial plexus injury. But serious complications are common including pain, bleeding, infection and graft failure. This procedure should ...